Paschal greeting

The Pascha greeting is an Easter custom among both Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Christians. Instead of "hello" or its equivalent, one is to greet another person with "Christ is Risen!", and the response is "Indeed He is Risen!". In practice, this custom is restricted in use to people that one already knows are Orthodox.

At some cultures, e.g., in Russia, it was also customary to exchange a triple kiss after the greeting: one cheek, another cheek, lips.

It is not uncommon for Orthodox Christians to compile lists of the greeting as it is used around the world, as an act of Orthodox unity across languages and cultures.

Similar responses are also used in the liturgies of other Christian churches, but not so much as general greetings.

The Paschal greeting around the world

• Indo-European Languages
  • Germanic Languages
    • West Germanic
      • Afrikaans - Kristus het opgestaan! Hom het waarlik opgestaan!
      • Dutch - Christus is opgestaan! Hij is waarlijk opgestaan!
      • English - Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
        • Old English - Crist aras! Crist sodhlice aras! (Lit: Christ arose! Christ surely arose!)
        • Middle English - Crist is arisen! Arisen he sothe!
      • Frisian - Kristus is opstien! Wis is er opstien!
      • German - Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!
      • Yiddish - Eybershter undzer iz geshtanen! Avade er iz ufgeshtanen!
    • North Germanic
      • Danish - Kristus er opstanden! Sandelig Han er Opstanden!
      • Icelandic - Kristur er upprisinn! Hann er vissulega upprisinn!
      • Norwegian - Kristus er oppstanden! Han er sannelig oppstanden!
      • Swedish - Kristus är uppstånden! Ja, Han är verkligen uppstånden!
  • Italic Languages
    • Latin - Christus resurrexit! Resurrexit vere!
    • Romance Languages
      • Italian - Cristo è risorto! È veramente risorto!
      • Catalan - Crist ha ressuscitat! Veritablement ha ressuscitat!
      • French - Le Christ est ressuscité! Vraiment Il est ressuscité!
      • Portuguese - Cristo ressuscitou! Verdadeiramente ressuscitou!
      • Romanian - Cristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat!
      • Spanish - Cristo ha resucitado! Verdaderamente, ha resucitado!
  • Slavic Languages
    • Church Slavonic - Христос Воскресе! Воистину Воскресе! (Christos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese!)
    • East
      • Russian - Христос Воскрес! Воистину Воскрес! (Christos Voskres! Voistinu Voskres!)
      • Belarussian - Хрыстос уваскрос! Сапраўды ўваскрос! (Khrystos Uvaskros! Saprawdy Wvaskros!)
      • Ukrainian - Христос Воскрес! Воістину Воскрес! (Christos Voskres! Voistinu Voskres!)
    • South
      • Bulgarian - Христос Возкресе! Воистина Возкресе! (Christos Vozkrese! Voistina Vozkrese!)
      • Serbian - Христос Воскресе! Ваистину Воскресе! (Christos Voskrese! Vaistinu Voskrese!)
    • West
      • Czech - Kristus Vstal A Mrtvych! Opravdi Vstoupil!
      • Slovak - Kristus vstal zmŕtvych! Skutočne vstal!
      • Polish - Chrystus Zmartwychwstał! Naprawdę Zmartwychwstał!
  • Baltic languages
    • Lithuanian - Kristus prisikėlė! Tikrai prisikėlė!
  • Celtic Languages
    • Gaelic Languages
      • Old Irish - Asréracht Críst! Asréracht Hé-som co dearb!
      • Irish - Tá Críosd ar éirigh! Go deimhin, tá e ar éirigh!
      • Manx - Taw Creest Ereen! Taw Shay Ereen Guhdyne!
      • Scottish - Tha Crìosd air èiridh! Gu dearbh, tha e air èiridh!
    • Brythonic Languages
      • Breton - Dassoret eo Krist! E wirionez dassoret eo!
      • Welsh - Atgyfododd Crist! Yn wir atgyfododd!
  • Indo-Iranian Languages
    • Indo-Aryan Languages
      • Marathi - (Yeshu Khrist uthla ahe! Kharokhar uthla ahe!)
      • Sanskrit - (Kristo'pastitaha! Satvam Upastitaha!)
  • Albanian (Tosk) - Krishti u ngjall! Vërtet u ngjall!
  • Armenian - (Christos harjav i merelotz! Orhniale harutjun Christosi!)
  • Greek - Χριστος Aνεστη! Aληθως Aνεστη! (Christos Anesti! Aleithos Anesti!)
• Altaic Languages
  • Turkish - Hristós diril-Dí! Hakíkatén diril-Dí!
• Austronesian Languages
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Western
      • Chamorro - La'la'i i Kristo! Magahet na luma'la' i Kristo!
      • Filipino - Si Cristo ay nabuhay! Siya nga ay nabuhay!
      • Indonesian - KrÍstus tÉlah Bangkit! Benár día têlah Bángkit!
    • Central-Eastern
      • Carolinian - Lios a melau sefal! Meipung, a mahan sefal!
      • Hawaiian - Ua ala hou ´o kristo! Ua ala ´i ´o no ´oia!
• Basque - Cristo Berbistua! Benatan Berbistua!
• Dravidian Languages
  • Malayalam - (Christu uyirthezhunnettu! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettu!)
• Inuit-Aleut languages
  • Aleut - Kristus aq ungwektaq! Pichinuq ungwektaq!
  • Yupik - Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuq! Iluumun Ung-uixtuq!
• Japanese - (Harisutosu fukkatsu! Jitsu ni fukkatsu!)
• Korean - (Kristo Gesso! Buhar ha sho Nay!)
• Na-Dene Languages
  • Athabascan Languages
    • Navajo - Christ daaztsáádéé' náádiidzáá! T'áá aaníí, daaztsáádéé' náádiidzáá!
  • Tlingit - Xristos Kuxwoo-digoot! Xegaa-kux Kuxwoo-digoot!
• Niger-Congo Languages
  • Luganda Kristo Ajukkide! Kweli Ajukkide!
  • Swahili - Kristo Amefufukka! Kweli Amefufukka!
• Quechuan Languages
  • Quechua - Cristo causarimpunña! Ciertopuni causarimpunña!
• Semitic Languages
  • Arabic - (Al-Masih-Qam! Hakkan Qam!)
  • Amharic - (Kristos Tenestwal! Bergit Tenestwal!)
  • Hebrew - (Ha Masheeha houh kam! A ken kam!)
  • Maltese - Kristu qam! Huwa qam tassew!
  • Syriac - (Meshiha qam! Bashrira qam!)
  • Tigrynia - (Christos tensiou! Bahake tensiou!)
• Sino-Tibetan Languages
  • Mandarin - 基督復活了 他確實復活了 (Jidu fuhuo-le! Ta queshi fuhuo-le!)
• South Caucasian languages
  • Georgian - (Kriste aghsdga! Cheshmaritad aghsdga!)
• Uralic Languages
  • Estonian - Kristus on surnuist ülestõusnud! Tõesti ülestõusnud!
  • Finnish - Kristus nousi kuolleista! Tortisesti nousi!
  • Hungarian - Krisztus feltámadt! Valóban feltámadt!
• Unclassified
  • A Nigerian language (of many spoken there) - Jésu Krísti Ébilíwõ! Ézia õ´ Bilíwõ!
• Constructed Languages
  • Esperanto - Kristo leviĝis! Vere Li leviĝis!
  • Quenya - (Ortanne Laivino! Anwa ortanne Laivino!)